Ashley Young is becoming a leader at Manchester United and Gabriel Jesus has to start for Manchester City - 10 THINGS WE LEARNED

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Manchester City are sitting pretty at the top of the Premier League table after coming form behind to beat West Ham at the Etihad Satdium on Sunday.

Here, Sportsmail's Ralph Ellis shares 10 things he learned from the weekend's action throughout the leagues.

David Silva celebrates after scoring Manchester City's winning goal against West Ham

1. Ashley Young has not only turned his Old Trafford career round after refusing to leave in the summer, but he’s developing a leadership role. 

The 32-year-old, whose Manchester United contract runs out this summer, went straight to the bench to get instructions for the team when he realised that Paul Pogba was about to be sent off even before Andre Marriner had produced his red card. 

And in added time he shepherded Jesse Lingard to the far side of the pitch when he was about to be subbed so that the change ate up as much time as possible.

Ashley Young (left) tells manager Jose Mourinho that Paul Pogba is about to be sent off

2. With only three Premier League goals so far, and talk of a search for a new agent, there’s gossip that Dele Alli has taken his focus off the sort of hard work that established his reputation at Spurs.

The stats suggest otherwise, though. Only wing-backs Kieran Trippier (7.2 miles) and Ben Davies (7.1) covered more ground than his 6.7 miles for Tottenham in their 1-1 draw at Watford. 

And so far this season Alli has run an average 7.4 miles per match compared to 6.8 last season, while his average 74 sprints per game compares to 71.

Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli (right) is pulled back by Watford's Marvin Zeegelaar

3. It’s not easy with such an array of talent at his disposal but Pep Guardiola has got to fit Gabriel Jesus into his starting line-up. 

The 20-year-old Brazilian has begun only three of City’s lasts seven league games, despite the sort of form that saw him set up Nicolas Otamendi’s equaliser against West Ham. 

In 24 Premier League appearances since joining City Jesus has been involved in 21 goals – scoring 15 and creating six. Break down his substitute appearances and it means he’s provided a goal every 74 minutes.

Gabriel Jesus celebrates after setting up Nicolas Otamendi’s equaliser against West Ham

4. Danny Drinkwater could have a huge part to play for Chelsea in the second half of the season after finally making his full Premier League debut. 

The former Leicester midfielder, whose summer move to Stamford Bridge cost £35m, was excellent in the 3-1 win over Newcastle. 

Full of energy – he made 70 sprints – he also showed the range of his passing that was crucial to Leicester’s title win, creating two good chances, and was involved in the build-up to one of the goals.

Chelsea midfielder Danny Drinkwater looks on during his team's victory over Newcastle

5. Mason Holgate could be the big winner from the arrival of Sam Allardyce at Everton after getting picked ahead of £25m Michael Keane.

It’s the first time Holgate, just 21, has started a Premier League game in central defence in a back four this season and suggests Big Sam rates the young England star highly. 

Keane has had to be content with a place on the bench while Holgate played alongside Wales captain Ashley Williams in both the 4-0 against West Ham and then Saturday’s 2-0 win over Huddersfield.

Left to right: Jonjoe Kenny, Mason Holgate and Dominic Calvert-Lewin after the final whistle

6. It’s starting to look as if Manolo Gabbiadini will be on his way out of Southampton in the January window a year after his arrival. 

The Italy international - signed by Claude Puel for around £17m - has become marginalised under Mauricio Pellegrino after a poor start to the season and played only the final five minutes of the 1-1 draw at Bournemouth. 

Newcastle are among clubs said to be interested in keeping the 6ft 3in striker in the Premier League.

Manolo Gabbiadini (centre) battles for the ball with Bournemouth's Simon Francis

7. West Brom’s players got cheered off at the end of the 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace as Hawthorns fans reacted to a change of management after campaigning against Tony Pulis. 

But forget any idea that new boss Alan Pardew is going to make radical changes to the style of play. 

Albion attempted 379 passes against Palace – some 32 fewer than when they lost at Huddersfield in their last game against a side from outside the top six.

West Brom boss Alan Pardew issues instructions during his team's draw with Crystal Palace

8. Odd that Neil Harris never gets his name mentioned for bigger jobs after three years of success as boss of Millwall. 

The 40-year-old who took the Lions back into the Championship following relegation has got them safely in mid-table on a small budget. 

He showed how cute he can be tactically, too, in the 3-1 win over promotion chasing Sheffield United by switching to a back three at half-time when it was still 1-1.

Milwall manager Neil Harris has overseen three years of success at the club

9. There can’t be many defenders in League One who learned their trade at Real Madrid, but Doncaster defender Niall Mason is the exception. 

The 20-year-old signed for their academy aged seven when his parents were working in Spain, and was friends with David Beckham when he first arrived at the club as he was the only English speaker around. 

Mason’s football education went on through Al Sadd in Qatar then Blackburn, Southampton and Villa as his parents moved around, ending up joining Doncaster last summer for a small fee following a loan spell. It’s working out well – he was outstanding in the 3-0 FA Cup win over Scunthorpe and has been earning rave reviews all season for his performances under Darren Ferguson.

10. Credit to Kevin Nolan for respecting the FA Cup as his Notts County team faced minnows Oxford City in the second round. 

The former Newcastle and West Ham skipper, whose first management job at Leyton Orient was always doomed to failure, could have been forgiven for resting half his League Two-leading players to face minnows Oxford City at home. 

But he made only one change – restoring Jon Stead who had been injured for the 2-1 win over Colchester the week before – and just as well as it needed an added-time goal to snatch a 3-2 victory. 

Notts County manager Kevin Nolan smiles during his team's tight win over Oxford City